PERENNIAL FORAGE GRASSES 7 1 



than timothy, but that a greater percentage of the nitrogen 

 had been changed to albuminoids in the case of timothy. 1 



Redtop makes a sod more quickly than Kentucky blue grass, 

 and on suitable soils produces an abundance of pasturage. It 

 is one of the most 

 permanent of the 

 cultivated grasses. 

 It is, however, dis- 

 tinctly the least pal- 

 atable of the com- 

 monly cultivated 

 grasses at least so 

 far as cattle are 

 concerned. 



II. KENTUCKY BLUE 

 GRASS 



70. Name. Ken- 

 tucky blue grass 

 (Poa pratensis L.). 

 Synonyms: blue 

 grass, June grass, 

 green grass, spear 

 grass, smooth-stalk- 

 ed meadow grass. In 

 some localities the 

 grass is known only 

 as June grass and 

 by many is errone- jl 



Olisly believed to be Canada blue .grass Kentucky blue grass 



distinct from Ken- Kentucky blue grass on the right in full bloom; Canada blue 



o-racc Tn S rass on the left not yet in bloom. Taken at Cornell 

 Station June 15. One-third natural size 



other localities wire 



grass or Canada blue grass (Poa compressa L.) is known as 



blue grass, while Poa pratensis is called green grass. 



1 Rhode Island S*a. BuL No. 90 (1903), p. 73. 



